Having just played yesterday, the Caldwell Hornets will jump right back in to play the Crockett Bulldogs at 11:45 a.m. on Friday. Caldwell knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully Crockett likes a good challenge.
Caldwell saw some tournament action on Thursday. They snuck past Buffalo with a 56-52 win.
Meanwhile, Crockett had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They enjoyed a cozy 58-39 victory over the Bison. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 473rd, while the Bison are ranked 1006th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Crockett is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.0 points per game. As for Caldwell, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
Caldwell lost to Crockett on the road by a decisive 60-46 margin in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Can Caldwell avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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